build a house on sand
and watch it sink
into the ocean blue
build a house of cards
and watch the wind blow through
play a grown-up game
with grown-up names
and plastic surgery
build a house on sand
hello and welcome to our
laboratories
we'll give you the guided tour now
if you please
here in the fruit department
as you can see
everything's made to order
chemically
isn't progress simply wonder
now and then
in the corner of my eye
I see the passers-by
going through the motions
bathed in sin
there's no redemption here
and all you have to fear
is waiting for you here
here comes the pain
wh
a one-horse town
with one old traffic light
hunted down
to a cheap
motel
your swollen eyes
never, ever say die
as the sheets run red
under me
if you ever leave me standing
then
I've one last wis
personal regards
like a dart
in your face
whatever you might do
there's nothing left to lose
or to take
I wave the long goodbye
and wonder if i'll die tomorrow
or today
and whatever I do
there's
all you do all
you've been through
has put you where you are today
all you do
is a photograph of you
now do you like what's in the picture?
the time is now
there's no time for waiting around
you ge
face the fact, there's no road
that can take me back
take me to the start, to the altar
where I sold my heart
of all the eyes that I have closed
of all the lives I have disposed
face the fact, i'll n
you close your eyes and walk out
through the open door
you fold your hands together
on your knees once more
the heavens kiss you with a flame
it burns your skin but there's no pain
and it pours
we s
seen things lately
I can't get off my mind
they frustrate me
and keep me up at night
oh lord, does your watchful eye
see the news-every night
via satellite on T.V.
while my god was sleeping
pain wa
